Cypraea cicercula dwarf Linne 1758 Outstanding Lilliput! Gem 13,4 mm. Very beautiful very hard to get from this area. Yellowish/cream color with attractive nodules and mantle line, pale orange terminals. Cream margin and base with pale yellowish teeth lines. Dived at coral reef. Ishigaki Isl. Southern Okinawa Prefecture, Japan 1990

Cypraea errones (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Banded Blue! F+++/Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful special color looks like Cypraea errones azurea. Sky/blue and cream color bands with only beige dots. White margins and base. Has one micro defect. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea nucleus dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 17,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background, attractive sculpture with cream strong nodules, pale bluish mantle line. Callosus cream/white color margins and corded base. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado North Sulawesi 1998

Cypraea xanthodon Sowerby 1832 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 22,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish color background with large beige band and beige dots. Cream, yellowish base and margins with brown spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in reef, at low tide. Kinka Beach, Qld. Australia 1984

Cypraea nebrites (Melvill 1888) Gorgeous Small form!F+++/Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful. Beige and brown color background with cream/white clear spots and mantle line. Callosus cream color margins and base with black marginal blotches, brown, black, beige spots and basal lines. Found under dead corals at shallow water. Somalia 2010

Cypraea bistrinotata jandeprezi Poppe & Martin 1997 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige marks and brown spots. Cream margins and base with orange/beige basal blotches. Has a nick on the anterior columellar extremities terminal ridge. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 1998

Cypraea asellus (Linne 1758) Outstanding! Gem 14,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and back with orange over line color bands. Base and margins white color with bluish basal blotches. Taken in low tide under stone. New Guinea 1975

Cypraea stercoraria cameroonica dwarf Lorenz 2017 Gorgeous! F+++ 35,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream color background with attractive brown, beige spots and marks. Dark beige, cream margins and base with brown, beige spots and cream/white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken under rocks and rocky in shallow water. Bight of Biafra, Douala, Cameroon 2010

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 49,2 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream color background with gray, beige soft marks and attractive large black and cream/white dorsal blotches with blue over line. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with beige, brown, grayish, bluish spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Slim Black White Blotch! Gem 48,2 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/beige color background with gray, beige soft marks and attractive unusual slim black and white dorsal blotch. Cream, white color base and callosus margins with blue, brown, blackish large spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Superb Inflated! Gem 49,3 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with grayish, beige soft marks and spots, attractive black and cream/white dorsal blotches. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with black, beige, brown large relief spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn 1817 Outstanding! Gem 19,6 mm. Very beautiful,. Yellowish/beige color with cream/white clear spots, grayish mantle line and black terminals marks. Callosus margins bluish/white color almost till the dorsum, White base and nodulose margins, orange terminals. Phuket Isl. Thailand 1974

Cypraea labrolineata dwarf (Gaskoin 1849) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 12,5 mm. Very beautiful with extended apex. Grayish/beige color background with clear cream/white spots, blue large mantle line and brown terminal marks. White, pale blue base and margins with brown spots. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea pallidula rhinoceros dwarf Souverbie 1865 Outstanding! Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful rare from Qld. Cream color background with soft grayish, beige, bluish marks and dots. Cream/white color base and margins. Taken under rocks at low tide. Swain Reefs, Qld. Australia 1974

Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus! Gem 15,7 mm. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color background with densely beige spots. White base and callosus margins with brown spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2020

Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder 1937 Gorgeous Exceptional! Gem 13,5 mm. Very beautiful strange smooth deep water form. Yellowish/cream color with beige blotches and brown, beige spots. Yellowish cream color margins and base without basal blotches. Trawled at 100-150 m. Off Senkaku Islands, SW Okinawa, Japan 1970

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth Elongate! Gem 31 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth. Cream, white, brown and beige color attractive pattern and spots. Orange color margins and base with violet lip among the strong white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Patternless Elongate! F+++/Gem 36,3 mm. Very beautiful exceptional and unique. Cream/white color without pyrum pattern only few beige soft marks and dots. Margin and base orange and yellow/orange color with white strong teeth. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea cylindrica lenella Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Bluish! Gem 32,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of bluish color background with beige marks and dots, black, brown terminal marks. White, pale blue color base and margins with brown mark and spots. From my personal collection. Rocky reef under stone at low tide. Seaforth, Mackay, West Australia 1972

Cypraea chinensis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Superb! Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. From columellar margin almost till the the dorsum cream/white color with blue spots, then till labial margin yellowish/beige with large cream/white clear spots and cream mantle line. Callosus cream margins and base with lavender spots and orange lip with cream teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998